Chapter 7 Chapter Seven Survival
When Qingying entered the palace, the Empress Dowager was sitting on the big kang, leaning on a soft pillow of passionflower and ten fragrances, reading a book.The lights in the hall are a bit dim, and Aunt Fu is adding a lamp. On the five-bat holding longevity pear flower wooden table under the window sill, there is a dark oily silver-stitched copper chiseled lotus petal or pearl pattern incense burner, which slowly reveals the lightness of sandalwood. Smoke, wisps, scattered into the dark silence.
The Empress Dowager only tied up her hair with a tourmaline and emerald bead, and put a pair of plain silver hairpins on the back of her head without any emeralds. A few snow-white acacias are scattered, accompanied by light green and emerald emerald silk threads, and the flowers and leaves are fresh and luxurious.Her back was straight, her head and neck were slightly tilted back, she was holding a book, and seemed to be concentrating on Qing Ying for a long time.
Qingying blessed Fushen to see the Queen Mother, and then she knelt down and said: "Come to see the Queen Mother late at night, it really disturbed the Queen Mother's rest, it is my concubine's fault."
The Empress Dowager's expression appeared ambiguous and muddy under the glowing candlelight. She casually flipped through the pages of the book and said slowly: "There is always something to do when you come, let's talk about it."
Qing Ying kowtowed and raised her face to look at the Queen Mother, "Please forgive me, my concubine just entered Jingren Palace at night, and I have already visited Ulanara."
Qingying raised her eyes slightly, and saw that Aunt Fu who was adding a lamp by the side trembled, and a candle flame was tilted, and the candle oil almost dripped onto her hands.The Empress Dowager kept her composure, said "oh" softly, stopped turning the pages of the book, and said quietly: "Go and go. The relatives, the flesh and blood, you have entered the palace, you have to look at it." Look at her. Get up."
Qingying still didn't move, she knelt straight, "I dare not get up. Ulanara is the late emperor's sinful wife. It is really a crime for my concubine to visit at night without waiting to report."
The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "I've seen it all, and I'm going to apologize again, is it unnecessary?"
Although the Empress Dowager's voice was soft, the meaning of serious illness in her words was deep and audible.A cool breeze came in leisurely through the gap of the window, and the leaves outside the hall rustled along with the sound of the wind, unconsciously, autumn had already quietly enveloped.
Qing Ying shrugged unconsciously, "It's not unnecessary. It's because the queen mother is the master of the harem no matter now or in the future."
"The lord of the harem?" The queen mother sneered slightly, put down the book in her hand and said, "Ai's family is getting old, and the emperor has a queen, shouldn't the queen be the lord of the harem?"
Qing Yingliu responded, "You are the emperor's mother-in-law, the undisputed elder in the harem."
The queen mother looked around and sighed softly, "It's a pity! You have been wronged to come here to meet Ai's family. This is the Shoukang Palace, not the Compassionate Palace where the serious queen mother lives."
Qing Ying immediately understood that the Compassionate Ning Palace had been newly renovated and was the main hall of the harem.As for Shoukang Palace, everything is much simpler.She immediately said: "Your majesty has just ascended the throne, and things are intricate and complicated. It is inevitable that there are things that we can't take care of. But it is always because of the difference between closeness and closeness. Many subjects are watching the things outside, and they can't be negligent. They are all intensified." It’s done. It’s the emperor’s mother-in-law. If you delay for a moment, as long as the emperor’s filial piety is there, how can the queen mother be intolerant? After all, it’s the flesh and blood of the closest relatives!”
The Empress Dowager's eyes were slightly squinted, but under the reflection of the candlelight, there was a dim and flickering smile in her eyes, "Your words not only protect the emperor, but also save the face of the Ai family. After all, the Ai family is not in vain. The Fujin who chose you as the emperor back then. It's just that what you said, is it the emperor's own intention?"
Qingying bit her lip, closed her eyes for a moment, and quickly replied: "The emperor is busy with government affairs, if he can't take care of it for a while, it is the duty of the concubines, and the emperor should be reminded."
"That's it." The queen mother looked at Qingying twice, and said gently, "Although you are the side Fujin bestowed to the emperor by the late emperor and Ai Jiaqin, you have a high status, and you were also the number one side Fujin when you were in the mansion. The Su family who became the third elder brother, and the Gao family who later changed from Gegejin to Xifujin should be honored. But now, it is different..."
Qingying lowered her head even more, with a humble expression, "I know that I am a member of the Ulanara clan, and the Ulanara clan in Jingren Palace has committed a serious crime, and my concubine will be ashamed of it. If I can sit in the position of cooking tea and adding water by the emperor's side, I will be fine." It’s God’s love for his ministers and concubines.”
The Queen Mother raised her face, noncommittal, and after a while, Fang whispered: "Fu Jia, help Qingying up to talk."
Aunt Fu stretched out her hand to help, Qing Ying hurriedly fell to the ground, "I dare not. I am guilty of a crime, so I dare not get up to answer the queen mother's words."
The queen mother sighed slightly, and said softly: "Qing Ying, your aunt is your aunt, and you are you. Although you are all from the Ulanara family, the empress who was filial to the late emperor is the queen, and the queen Ulanara is a sinful woman. , and you are the new emperor's favorite concubine. The Ai family is not confused about this relationship."
Qingying's eyes became hot, she felt relieved, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your pity."
The queen mother smiled, "It was the Ai family who asked the first emperor to give you the emperor's side Fujin. Now, naturally, I won't blame you because of Queen Ulanara." She paused for a while, and her smile dimmed by three points. The sins are scattered, and the Uranara clan has been imprisoned for many years, and he is a person who is not long in the world. Aijia has lived to this age, can't he still see through it?"
Qing Ying finally dared to raise her head, and kowtowed again, tears welling up in her eyes, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your forgiveness."
The queen mother glanced at Qing Ying, "Are you still unwilling to get up? When you first lived in the palace, the Ai family wanted you to kneel down. Wouldn't it make those people who speculate for no reason think that the Ai family blamed you? How to gain a foothold in the palace?"
Qingying's mind was stunned, completely white.At that time, my mind was hot, and I only asked for the crime to avoid suspicion, but I never thought of this level.Qingying stayed there, only felt that the Empress Dowager's eyes were clear, she was at a loss what to do, she could only let Aunt Fu help her to sit on the seat.
The Empress Dowager turned her eyes and only looked at Qing Ying, "Those people in the new emperor's hidden residence, except you, the new empress Fucha, and Gege Keliyet, the rest are Han army flags. Fucha and you No need to mention other people. But the new emperor ascended the throne, and naturally asked the Manchu family, so although the Gao family was inferior to you in the Qiandi, but now in the harem, she has to give her a little more face .And Gao’s father, Gao Bin, is also a capable minister that the emperor relies on.”
Qing Ying was stunned, she gradually understood in her heart, she immediately stood up, and said respectfully: "Chen Qie and Sister Gao are like sisters, and Sister Gao is virtuous and elegant, teaching the concubine everywhere, so naturally she should be above the concubine."
The queen mother said: "I teach you to be wronged. But there are some grievances. Since you have come here, you have to bear it. It is for this reason that Aijia refuted your face at lunch yesterday. In the future, such grievances, even if Aijia does not Give it to you, and you can't do without it."
Qing Ying lowered her head and put her chest in her chest, and said sincerely: "The Queen Mother is willing to teach the concubine, how can the concubine feel wronged."
The Empress Dowager smiled half-smile, seemed somewhat disbelieving, leaned against the soft pillow, pulled out the silver hairpin from her hair and flicked the wick.
Qingying smiled, feeling empty in her heart. At this moment, she was neither generous nor polite. She was in a dilemma, showing a bit of childlike attitude after all, "Queen Dowager, my concubine understands that the emperor is in trouble. I told my concubines to ask my mother to comfort my concubines later, although the emperor valued my concubines, it also seemed that my concubines were ignorant."
Only then did the queen mother laugh, as warm as a spring breeze. "You are only eighteen years old. If you are too virtuous, you won't look like a real person." The queen mother glanced sharply, "Your sinful aunt is too virtuous."
Qingying's body shuddered, only feeling terrified.
The Empress Dowager said: "You young couples are of one mind, it is best if you are considerate. Naturally, the new emperor has always loved you when he was buried in the mansion, and your other aunt is also a filial empress of the late emperor. Therefore, the Ai family and the emperor will not be wronged you."
Qingying couldn't tell whether it was tears or awe, she just looked at the queen mother and said frankly: "With the queen mother's words, the concubine will not be considered wronged." The name Qingying was chosen by my concubine when she was a child. This concubine thinks... this name is too inappropriate."
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly, "Isn't it appropriate?"
Qingying was a little embarrassed, "Yes. The cherry blossoms are so pink, but the concubine is Qingying, so it's inappropriate." Qingying carefully watched the expression of the queen mother, and summoned up her courage, "Besides...the concubine is the daughter of the Ulanara family. She is the daughter-in-law of Aixinjueluo, I implore the Empress Dowager to bestow one, and concubine Xu Chen cut off the past and pray for new blessings."
The queen mother concentrated for a moment, "You think so?"
Qing Ying earnestly looked at the Queen Mother, "If the Queen Mother is willing to bless..."
The Empress Dowager held her chin for a moment, then pondered, "What are you most looking forward to?"
Qingying was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously blurted out: "Love is deep and meaningful, two hearts agree with each other." Before she could finish her words, her face burned.The Empress Dowager was slightly shocked, and a little moved, she couldn't tell whether it was joy or sadness on her beautiful face.After a long time, she whispered, "Ruyi, okay?"
"Ruyi?" Qingying read carefully, only to feel that the tip of her tongue is beautiful, like trees and flowers blooming, it really seems that the years are quiet and beautiful. "But what do you mean by everything going well?"
Seeing Qing Ying pondering, the queen mother also smiled, "Ruyi is too common. Ai's family chose Yide's Yi, which means beautiful and quiet. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" said, "Lin is concerned about Yide, and there is no indecent behavior". Shuang is the most beautiful and wishful thing. In this world, no movement is worse than stillness, and only stillness can be good."
Qingying is happy. "Thank you Queen Mother." She pondered slightly, "It's just that the concubine doesn't understand, Yi is very good, why Ruyi?"
The empress dowager's brows were contemplative if she condensed on the thin clouds above the green tiles and golden roof, with a hint of emotion, "You are still young, so you don't understand that the beauty of perfection in this world is too rare, so Ruyi is very sad. good."
Qingying's heart trembled, as if enlightened, she was instantly clear. "The Empress Dowager means that perfection is hard to find, and sometimes the second best is satisfaction." She kowtowed deeply, "The teachings of the Empress Dowager, I will keep in mind."
The queen mother nodded slightly, with a faint smile. "Okay. It's late at night, and you should go back to rest early. Today is the day when the new emperor enthrones. After these days of being sad for the late emperor, it's time to calm down and welcome the new emperor and your great joy."
Qingying got up to say goodbye.Seeing that Qingying helped the maid's hand and went out, the queen mother slowly showed a determined smile.Aunt Fu put on a plain brocade robe for the Empress Dowager, and said softly: "For the matter of moving the palace, the Empress Dowager can just tell the Empress to tell her, or if Miss Yue is now highly valued by the Emperor, she can go and talk about it. Young Master Qingying ... No, it's Ruyi's identity, so I don't deserve to say such things."
The queen mother picked up the scroll and pondered: "Do you really think she is not smart enough? She used to be a spoiled young lady with a prominent family background, and she didn't know how to control her temper. Since Ulanara was imprisoned until now, the world has been cruel, isn't it enough to polish her?" ? Based on the fact that she went to see Ulanara today and dared to go back and forth to mourn her family, she is a girl with ideas."
Aunt Fu hesitated and said: "The Empress Dowager is saying that she knows that there are many people in the palace with mixed eyes, and if she reveals that she will suffer disaster in the future when she goes to Jingren Palace to visit, so she came to ask the Empress Dowager first?"
The Empress Dowager said: "Apart from the Ai family, who else in the palace cares about Ulanara the most? As long as the Ai family doesn't get angry, others will be fine. And she put everything aside, please give the Ai family a name, and express her heart, just say She is the daughter-in-law of Aixinjueluo's family, just to dispel the sorrow of the family, and even more to ask her to have a place of her own."
Aunt Fu sighed: "The Ulanara clan insulted the Empress Dowager like that in the past, how can this tone disappear for a while?"
"Whether you can get rid of it or not, what she wants is stability. There is a queen in the palace, and Gao Yuexin is in power. Her life is difficult. If the Ai family doesn't relax her, she will really be struggling. Because of this , she will try her best to go to the emperor to move the palace, and she will try her best to do it well without any loss. The queen has both status and prince; Gao Yue has grace and beauty, and they don't have to ask Aijia for anything Take it, naturally you won’t use your heart and strength.”
Aunt Fu suddenly realized, "That's why the queen mother can accommodate young master Ruyi."
The queen mother frowned and smiled, and said calmly: "If you can't tolerate it, it depends on her own cultivation."
The next morning was a fine day, and the Fucha family brought a group of concubines to Shoukang Palace to pay their respects.Although the name has not been confirmed yet, the empress of the Fucha family has no objection, and the concubines only follow their positions in the hidden mansion.
Seeing that the sky was clear and the air was clear, the Empress Dowager was also in a good mood, so she was accompanied by all the concubines and chatted about family affairs together.Seeing everyone coming in, he smiled and said: "I used to be a concubine, and I rushed to pay my respects to the queen mothers and concubines. In a blink of an eye, I became a queen mother and concubine. Seeing the younger generation come in, they are as delicate as flowers. of."
With a sweet mouth, she laughed first, "The Empress Dowager herself is the most beautiful peony in bloom. Unlike us, she is young and impatient, so you don't care about it."
The concubine couldn't help laughing and said: "A month ago, she was the most gentle and quiet, but now she is also lively."
Yue smiled and blessed Fu, "I used to stay in the palace, seldom go out and see the world, so naturally I look like a gourd without a mouth. Now I am in front of the Queen Mother, and I am taught by the Queen Mother, how can I be so stupid?"
The concubine smiled and nodded, "I just asked a question, Yue is so clever, it really is the empress dowager who has trained her well."
The queen mother nodded slightly, "Okay, let's all give seats."
Everyone sat down in order.Just as he was asking a few warm words, Eunuch Cheng, the personal eunuch next to the Empress Dowager, came in and stood motionless on the steps with his hands down.
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
Eunuch Cheng stepped forward, slapped Qian'er and said, "Return to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager of Jingren Palace has died."
Before she finished speaking, Ruyi's heart trembled, and the teacup she held in her hand tilted and almost spilled.With quick eyes and quick hands, he quickly held her for her.
Yue sat next to Ruyi, saw it immediately, stretched out her hand to support the silk-wrapped and beaded gold hairpin on her temples, and said loudly: "After all, the whole family is united, just after hearing one sentence, Sister Qingying is very sad."
The Empress Dowager didn't pay any attention to it, she just calmed down and asked, "When did it happen?"
Eunuch Cheng replied: "It was in the middle of the night yesterday that she died of heart palpitations. The maid found out that the breakfast food that was brought in had not been touched, so she found out that something had happened. The maid who came to report said that her body was stiff, but her eyes were still wide open, and she was dying. .”
Ruyi's hands trembled, she didn't dare to move, she only dared to hold the silk tightly, resisting the trembling from death with all her strength.It was midnight yesterday, shortly after I left.Aunt, it's really impossible, she knows it herself, so she must see her side, told her everything, and entrusted her.
The concubine shook her head, and said in disgust: "It's a great day, what a bad day!"
The queen was silent for a moment. "You can do what you want. The emperor has just ascended the throne, so there is no need to publicize these things." She looked at Ruyi, "It happens that you are also there. Your aunt passed away, and you should also go to Jingren Palace to pay her respects."
Ruyi hurriedly stood up on the chair, forced herself to stand still, and held back the choking in her throat, "The concubine only knows the Shoukang Palace, but not the Jingren Palace. And although Ulanara is the concubine's aunt, but more I am a sinner of the Qing Dynasty, and my concubines cannot forget their duties because of personal interests. Therefore, it is difficult for my concubines to follow this ceremony."
The Empress Dowager sighed, "You have a clear distinction between public and private. Forget it, you are a person close to the emperor, and you have just arrived in the palace, so you should not go to such an unlucky event."
When Lang Hua heard this, he dared to speak out: "Dare to ask Huangeriang, why did Huangerniang call sister Qingying Ruyi?"
The queen mother smiled slightly, "That's the name newly given by the Ai family last night, Ulanara's family is Ruyi, it's better to be quiet in everything."
Lang Hua said with a smile: "That's because the Empress Dowager loves sister Ruyi."
The queen mother restrained her face slightly, and said seriously: "Today is the first day after the emperor ascended the throne, you came to Shoukang Palace to pay your respects. Ai's family happened to have a few words to ask. The emperor is young, and there are only a few of you in the palace. From now on, there are only a few of you. That's fine, the Ai family can't see dirty things, so you should take care of yourself and don't do anything outrageous."
Everyone has always seen the empress dowager's kindness and kindness, and they seldom gave such solemn instructions, and they dared not be negligent, so they hurriedly got up and respectfully replied: "Thank you for the empress dowager's teaching, and the concubines will keep it in mind."
When Ruyi stepped out of the Shoukang Palace, she still felt unspeakably trembling and sad, but she had to hold back.Looking up, the garden is full of colorful autumn chrysanthemums in full bloom, reflecting the red maple that is as intense as the setting sun in autumn.But behind this bright and beautiful autumn scenery, there is actually the pale death left after my aunt's life like tears of blood.
I knew it was a farewell, but I never thought it would be so fast.However, apart from herself, in the secluded palace where her aunt lived her whole life, who else would be moved by her.Life and death in the deep palace are nothing more than a yellow leaf falling from the branches in autumn.Could it be his own life?
Thinking of this, Ruyi couldn't help shivering.Xin was so frightened that he quickly pressed her hand, "My lord, please don't show any expression."
Ruyi held Xin's hand tightly, as if she wanted to gain a little courage to support from her thin and warm palm.She softly ordered: "Go back to the palace. Xin, I want to go back to the palace."
Before the words fell, I heard Yue's voice turn from Fengye Lilie, and immediately reached my ears: "Sister is so cruel, she won the name of the queen mother, and she even refused to go to the funeral ceremony of aunt, so she left it alone. It has to be cleaned up."
Ruyi's heart was like a needle prick, and she suppressed a smile and turned around, "It turns out that sister Yue is so caring. I remember that when my sister married into Qiandi, she also went to visit her aunt. Since my sister is in charge, why don't my sister accompany me to the scenic spot?" A salute from Ren Gong should be regarded as full of filial piety." After saying that, she stretched out her hand to hold the moon.
How Yue was willing to go, quickly withdrew her hand, and said with a sneer, "Your sister's aunt, just think about it yourself. Why bother to involve me, I am the daughter-in-law of the royal family, not the daughter of the Wulanara family."
Ruyi smiled quietly, "That's it. My sister and I are different. After leaving our mother's house, we are the daughter-in-law of the royal family. It is unlucky to be born here. If you die in the future, you will only be the daughter-in-law of the royal family." It could be here. So what else do other people have to do with us?"
Yue raised her small chin, "It's my sister, you know how interesting it is. Just remember, no matter how clean you are, your surname is Ulanara after all. No one can change this. I'm afraid the Queen Mother Hearing this surname, one will feel disgusted by gods and ghosts, wishing to disappear."
Ruyi did not show any weakness, and said calmly: "Since my sister likes to speculate on the Queen Mother's thoughts so much, why not go to Shoukang Palace with my sister and ask the Queen Mother's thoughts, okay?"
Yue Shan's beautiful Yuan Shan frowned slightly and sneered. "I'm going to talk to my mistress right now, I don't have time to gossip with you." She helped the maid's hand, "Mo Xin, let's go!"
Seeing her walking away, Ruyi's feet softened slightly, and the bottom of the flowerpot stepped on the soles of her feet, making her a little unsteady.Xin and A Ruo hurriedly helped her to sit down in the nearby Chengrui Pavilion.Ruyi leaned on the blue railing, blocked the tears that were about to fall with her eyelashes, and said slowly, "Xin, do you think my aunt will blame me?"
Xin caressed the vest for her, and said softly: "What the young master does must be what the empress of Jingren Palace thinks. Otherwise, the young master will fail the whole heart of the empress of Jingren Palace."
Ruyi closed her eyes for a moment, turned all the tears into a thin blur in her eyes, and said quietly: "What you said is exactly what I want."
A Ruo was accompanying her, seeing Ruyi's words and questions only looking at her heart, she gritted her teeth secretly, but didn't dare to show anything on her face.
Ruyi raised her hand, "You guys wait outside the pavilion, I want to be quiet for a while."
Ah Ruo and Xin hurriedly retreated, and walked dozens of steps outside the pavilion.A Ruo Ben was walking behind, and suddenly squeezed into the corridor, he was careless, almost got his eyes scratched by a flower branch on the side of the road, he stopped quickly and said, "Sister A Ruo."
A Ruo turned her head when she heard the sound, and snorted, "I'm not careful when I walk, do you want to blame me?"
Xin hurriedly apologized with a smile: "How could it be? I want to say that there was dew in the morning, the corridor was slippery, and my sister slipped carefully."
Ah Ruo frowned. "I'm so clumsy, do you think I'm the same as you?" She cast a cross-eyed look, "I'll show off my tricks in front of the young master, obviously I took the risk to accompany the young master to Jingren Palace last night, but the young master always I asked you every word, as if you were the one who took care of such a dangerous job."
Busy, leaned over and smiled, "Because I'm not as friendly as my sister when I serve the young master, so the young master asks me. Think about it carefully, the elder sister is the young master's personal person, and she thinks and says the same thing as the young master." , why do you need to ask again. It’s just that I’m stupid, so I’m just asking in vain. I think so, and I’m sure those outside who don’t know are thinking the same way. Only in this way can you rest assured .”
Only then did A Ruo calm down a little, and raised the gold twisted silk bracelet on his hand, "Look at this bracelet, it was newly given to me by the young master. Don't think that you spend a lot of time serving the young master, and there are differences between closeness and distance. are different."
Xin Nuonuo answered "yes".The two were standing by, when they suddenly saw that Ruyi had stood up in the pavilion, and hurriedly turned around to serve her.
Ruyi asked, "Where is the emperor at this time?"
A Ruo snapped her fingers and said: "At this time, the emperor has already come down to the court, and the time to see the ministers has passed, I am afraid that he is reading in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
Ruyi nodded, "Go and prepare some snacks, I'm going to meet the emperor."
The emperor's own small study in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is at the end of Xinuang Pavilion.Although the place is not big, it is decorated elegantly and solemnly, and the windows are bright and clean.Inside, the shelves were full of books neatly placed, all of which the emperor loved to read on a daily basis.There are more than a dozen wall vases hanging sparsely on the east wall, with patterns of dragon patterns, Gaoshi, Eight Immortals, pine, bamboo and plum, reed geese, broken branches, flowers and fruits, pheasant peonies, etc. Choose the elegant and warm bean green color, which is more comfortable. Refreshing.
Wang Qin, the great eunuch next to the emperor, opened the curtain for Ruyi and entered.Presumably, he had just changed into his homely clothes. He was wearing a moon-white gauze embroidered with eight balls of kuilong single gown. The emperor leisurely held a book in his hand, and the pale golden clear autumn sun poured over his body from the snow-white window. The whole body is filled with the serene and melancholy smell of ambergris, which also becomes faint and curling, against the backdrop of the whole room. The rack of books is like a freehand painting scroll with light strokes.
The emperor saw that Ruyi was wearing a moon-white satin woven multicolored butterfly kimono with hundreds of flowers. The moon-white satin was decorated with bright red, pink, green, grass green, fragrant yellow, camel yellow, light crimson, lake blue, dark gray, Light black, light white and more than ten kinds of color threads are woven into patterns of broken branches, flowers and insects and butterflies.
He looked up and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence that you both wear the same color as me."
Ruyi saluted with a smile, "It's a coincidence that I didn't disturb the emperor's study."
The emperor put down his book and beckoned to her, "Come and sit." Seeing Ruyi sitting by the couch, he just smiled and said, "I have just ascended the throne, and the affairs of the previous dynasty are endless, so I have no time to see you. Now you It's just right to come here." He sniffed, and saw that behind Ruyi was holding a red basket snack box in his hand, "What delicious food did you bring, it smells so good!"
Ruyi Yang raised her face, indicating that she would take out all of them, but they were four small snacks, sugar steamed crispy cheese, pine nut rice, lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cake, and yam cake with rose and hawthorn filling.
The emperor said with a smile: "I happen to be a little hungry, take some with me."
Ruyi took out the silver chopsticks, handed them to the emperor, and said with a smile, "The concubine wanted to prepare four snacks, but the palace only prepared three ready-made ones. This lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cake was a gift from the queen mother. He said that the emperor liked to eat this. He had no time to go to Shoukang Palace in these two days, so the reward was given to the concubine, and the concubine happened to borrow flowers to offer Buddha."
The emperor took a chopstick and ate it slowly, "I heard that the Queen Mother changed your name?"
"It's called Ruyi. The queen mother said that Yi is beautiful and quiet. Lin is concerned about Yide, and he doesn't deal with indecency. That's why it's called Ruyi."
The emperor let out a sigh. "Emperor Niang's temperament, I have been around her for many years, and I can't figure it out. She changed your name for you, and that's what she meant, so it probably won't make things difficult for you." He shook Ruyi's wrist, "today In the morning, I heard that Empress Jingren Palace passed away, and I thought you should go and see, but I was afraid that the Empress Dowager would be overwhelmed, so I couldn't say anything."
Ruyi lowered her eyebrows for a moment, "The concubine knows that the concubine will not go. Once she goes, there will be disputes. The concubine is from the Aixinjueluo family, so she should not add disputes to the emperor."
The emperor nodded, and handed her a piece of yam cake, "This yam cake is sour and sweet, you like this taste."
Ruyi thanked her, looked around and said: "The emperor likes wall vases. He could have arranged flowers at four o'clock, and people can be flower companions. Take the fresh fragrance to fill the bed, and the refreshing effect of the sleeping god, but now the ambergris is lit. , but it is better not to use flowers and plants, so as not to mess up the smell."
The emperor smiled and said: "I think so too. So it's better to be free and enjoy watching and having fun."
Ruyi stood up, looked at one of the vases and said, "This pattern is good. It's not like other auspicious patterns, but it looks like a story."
The emperor laughed at her, "Old Laizi Caiyi Yuqin, you also forgot this?"
Ruyi glanced at the bookshelf and saw that the emperor's case was empty, so she smiled: "The book "Twenty-Four Filial Pieties" that the emperor used to read every day, why is it not in front of him now?"
The emperor said casually: "Probably put it somewhere, let Wang Qin look for it later."
Ruyi seems to be concentrating on something, "Your Majesty, do you remember that the first chapter in "Twenty-Four Filial Pieties" is Min Ziqian serving his relatives alone?"
The emperor laughed, "What's wrong with you today? The first chapter of "Twenty-Four Filial Pieties" is about Yu Shun's filial piety touching the heavens, and the second chapter is about Min Ziqian serving his relatives alone."
Ruyi smiled and said: "The emperor has filial piety in his heart, so he naturally remembers it clearly. The first chapter of "Twenty-Four Filial Piety" talks about Yu Shun's filial piety moving the heavens. It can be seen that in the hearts of the world, filial piety is always the first, and the king is used as a model to promote filial piety. The emperor has just ascended the throne, and everything is in a hurry, so there is no time to go to the harem." She pondered for a moment, "The empress dowager still lives in the Shoukang Palace."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "What? Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs repeatedly ask the Empress to go to the Palace of Compassion? Why are you still living in the Palace of Shoukang?"
Ruyi smiled slightly, "According to my concubine, it's not that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is ineffective, but that the Empress Dowager deliberately left this opportunity of showing filial piety to the emperor."
The emperor was silent for a moment, with a gentle smile and a hint of laziness, "I also want the empress dowager to move to the Palace of Compassion. But..." Ruyi understood and signaled the palace people to retreat.Only the emperor and Ruyi were left in the pavilion, and the emperor said in a low voice: "But in my heart, there is always something I can't get past." He turned his gaze out of the window, a little dazed, "My biological mother... "
Ruyi looked at the emperor eagerly, pressed his hand, shook her head lightly, and said firmly: "The emperor's biological mother, only the empress dowager, lives in the Shoukang Palace, waiting for the emperor to ask her to move to the Cining Palace. "
The emperor's eyes were as calm as deep water, "The empress dowager has been favored for many years, and she is quite powerful in the court and the palace. If she is in the palace of compassion, I am afraid that she will..."
"Whether you will or not, it doesn't depend on whether you can enter the Palace of Compassion or Ning, but on the courage and talent of the emperor. The emperor has the world in mind, and he has thousands of strategies in his chest. Why be afraid of a mere woman." Ruyi looked at the emperor firmly, "The Palace of Compassion and Peace is just a place where the empress dowager lives in a proper way." She held the emperor's hand instead, comforting the hot flashes in his palm with the coldness of her palm, "Your majesty, if you wronged the empress dowager's residence, all the people in the world will blame you .And sending the queen mother to the Palace of Compassion and Ning is a wake-up call to the people in the world. The emperor uses the world to support the queen mother and asks her to take care of her for the rest of her life."
The emperor's eyes darkened slightly, and for a moment, he showed a half-smile, "Then I will follow what you said, be filial with all my heart, and ask the queen mother to take care of her for the rest of her life and have a good life."
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